Frame.



" in construction and inexpensive to make.

NELSON .L. JAGOBUS, OF WEST ORANGE,

NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 ELECTRO- CHEMICAL ENGRAVING (10., A. CORPORATIONOF NEW YORK.

FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application filed March 4,1912. Serial No. 681,444.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON L. JAooBUs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of West- Orange, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The general objects of my invention are to provide a frame for cards,pictures, calendars, and the like, which shall be attractiveandornamental in appearance and which shall at the same time beextremely simple The invention in a preferred form consists of only thetwo parts, a front member and a backv member, the 'front' member havingguideways on its back to receive the picture or other article, and theback memher having sprin fingers at the ends thereof, engaglng in t eguideways in the front member to yieldingly clamp the picture in placebetween the back member and front member. The two parts are preferablymade of sheet metal, in which event, the guideways on the front memberare formed by bending the edges of the front plate rearwardly and theninwardly, and the spring fingers on the back member are reduced byseparating the edge portions rom the body of the back plate and thenbending the separated portions rearwardly the requisite distance. 7 I

Various other features of the invention will appear as the specificationproceeds.

In the accompanying dra I have illustrated a preferred ("IOEIMWZ of theinvention but such changes and modifications as come within the see ofthe appended claims may be without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front or face view of the frame or standwith a card held therein, the card being broken away so as to expose theback member of the frame. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the frame. Fig. 3 isa cross-sectional view thereof taken on the line X-X of Fig. .2, a cardbeing shown in place in the frame and appearing in section in this view.B" .4 is a view illustrat' in its preferred cm the blank from whic thefront is produced, only one end of the blmk being shown.

Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the back member.

Like reference characters refer to the same parts in the several views.

In its preferred form the frame consists of but the two parts, a frontmember 1 and a back member 2. The front member will usually have somesort of a frame opening 3 therein through which the picture, card orother device will appear.

The picture or other device is clamped between the front and backmembers and for the purpose of guiding the picture in place, and forother purposes which will later'appear, the front member is preferablyprovided with guides or guideways 4. The two parts of the frame arepreferably made of sheet'metal, and in such case the guideways arepreferably produced by bendmg the edge portions of the front memberrearwardly as at 5 and then inwardly as at 6, parallel to the body ofthe front plate, thereby producing parallel oppositely disposed inwardlyfacing guideways. The

lower ends of the guideways, are preferably closed as indicated at 7 toform a; shelf for the support ofthe picture or other article;

For the purpose of yieldingly holding the picture in place against thefront late, the back plate is pareferably provid spring fingers'w ichengage in the guideways on the front plate. These spring fingers mayvary as to their precise construction but they are preferably, as shownin the drawings, formed by cutting out and separating the edge portionsof the back plate from the main body of the platcalong the lines ofseverance 8 which. begin at the and lower of the back plate and extendinward to a point substantially central of the back plate. These aratedend portions are then bent rear-war y, substany as indicated in'thesectional view, thereby forming an upper and a lower spring finger 9 and10 respectively at each end of the back plate. In using the frame, thepicture or other article 16 is imually slipped into place between theguideways, resting with rm lower edge upon the cl v 2' I ed with v w thelower end of the guideways. 'r

'of the arts being shown in the sectional view. en the two parts arethus con nected together they are preferably locked against movementwith respect to each other by reason of the fact that thelower springfingers engage against the stops or closures -to the lower end of theguideways and the upper spring fingers engage behind the stops 11rovided for that purpose at the upper en s of the guideways. The twoparts may be disconnected at any time by pressing down on the upperspring fingers 9 to free them of the stops 11 and then sliding the backmember until it is clear of the guideways. To afford an easy entrancefor the spring fingers into the guideways, the

ends of the lower spring fingers may be.

curved inwardly as indicated at 12, to form a nose which will slide intothe mouth of the guideway. The frame is preferably providedwith a prop 13 for supportlng' it in a substantially upright position. TlllS prop maybe and preferably is formed integral with the back plate. ,In the formillustrated the prop is produced by cutting the back.

plate on converging lines 14 to a point substantially central of theplate, and then bending this severed portion rearwardly. v The urpose ofcutting the prop on converging ines is to afford a wider supportlngbase.

To enable the upper spring fingers to'be readily disengaged'from thestops 11 when the parts are to be detached, these upper spring fingersare preferably widenedout into the finger-holds 15.

Fi 4 illustrates the'preferred method for forming the guideways on thefront plate. In this case the front plate is pro-,

vided with end extensions 17 which, when bent along the dotted lines 18,constitute the end portions 5 and the back portions 6 of the guideways.A convenient method of providing for the stops 7 and 11 at the -lowerand upper ends of the guideways is to provide these end'extensions 17 ofthe blank with tabs 7 and 11 which are turned in on the dotted lines1920 to form the necessary stops.

What is claimed, is:

1. A frame comprising aj' front member provided with guideways on' itsback, located substantially at the ends of the memher, and a back memberprovided with spring fingers at theends of the same, en-

gaging in the guideways to force the back member toward the front memberwith a yielding pressure.

' 2. A frame comprising a front member 6 having a frame opening thereinand pro-' 'vided with guideways on its back, said guideways havingclosed lower ends to support a picture or like article held in theguideways, a back member provided with 5 .a prop for supporting theframe in substantially upright position,.and spring fingers on the endsof the back member engaging in the guideways to force the back membertoward the front member with a yielding pressure.

3. A frame comprising a, front member and a back member between whichthe picture or other article is held, the front memto hold the backmember against movement in the opposite direction. p

4. A frame comprising a front plate having its side edges bent back andthen inward to form'guideways, and a back plate provided with a prop andhaving its side edges separated from the main body of the back plate andbent rearwardly to form spring fingers,,the said spring fingers beingslidingly engaged in the 'guideways to hold the back plate in slidingand yielding engagement with the front plate.

5. A frame comprising a front plate having its side edges bent backwardand then inwardly toward each other to form inwardly facing guideways,closures to the lower ends of the guideways for the support of a pictureor other article resting in the guide ways, stops at the upper ends ofthe guideways, a back plate having its side portions separated from thebody of the plate andbent rearwardly to form spring fingers, the

with respect to each other.

6. A two-part sheet'metal picture frame comprising a front plateprovided with a frame opening and having its side edges bent rearwardlyand then inwardly parallel to the body of theplate to form inwardlyfacing open guideways for the reception of the picture or other article,closures to the lower ends of the guideways, stops at the upper ends ofthe guidewavs, a back plate engaging the back of the picture or articleeach end thereof, the spring fingers on the back plate engaging'ln theguideways to force the back plate with a yielding pressure toward thefront plate and the closures and stops at opposite ends of the guidewaysbeing engaged by the spring fingers to normally lock the back plateagainst movement in the guideways.

-7. A frame comprising a front plate hav the plate from the upper andlower edges' inward to substantially the central portion ofthe plate,the said separated portions being bent rearwardl to form spring fingers,the said spring ngers engaging in the guideways to force the back platewith a yielding pressure toward the front plate, and the vstops at theopposite ends of the guideways bein engaged bv the spring fingers tonormally look one member with respect to the other, the back platefurther having a part separated from the body of the same and bentrearwardly to form .a

prop.

' 8. A frame comprising a frontplate hairarallel uideways at the endsthereof, 7

said guideways being formed by bending the ends of the late firstrearwardly and then inwardly parallel to the face of the plate, stops atthe upper ends of said guideways, a back late having an upper and alower spring ger at each end thereof for engagement with the guidewaysto yieldingly hold the back plate toward the front plate, theupperspring fingers arranged to engage behind the stops in the guidewaysto secure the back member with respect to the front member, said upper.spring fingers being enlarged to provide finger-holds for use indetaching the spring fingers from engagement with the stops.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county Kings and State of New York this 27 ofFebruary A. D. 1912.

NELSON L. J ACOBUS.

Witnesses:

HORACE V. LITTLE, LULUL. FORMONT.

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